• Title: Complex Logarithm

  • Series: Complex Analysis

  • YouTube-Title: Complex Analysis 13 | Complex Logarithm

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  • Timestamps

    00:00 Intro

    00:12 Logarithm as inverse of exponential function

    00:33 How it works in the real numbers

    01:54 Complex exponential function

    03:08 exp(iy) lies on the unit circle

    04:00 Definition of π

    06:05 Exponential is 2πi-periodic

    06:49 Exp is not injective

    08:40 Restrict to open strip and slotted plane

    09:06 Definition of logarithm (principal value)

    09:56 Properties of logarithm

    12:22 Credits

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  • Quiz Content

    Q1: Which claim is not correct?

    A1: $$ \exp \left( i \frac{\pi}{2} \right) = i$$

    A2: $$ \exp \left( i \pi \right) = -1$$

    A3: $$ \exp \left( i \frac{3 \pi}{2} \right) = -i$$

    A4: $$ \exp \left( i 2 \pi \right) = -1$$

    Q2: What is $\exp(i y)$ for $y \in \mathbb{R}$?

    A1: $\cos(y) + \sin(y)$

    A2: $\cos(y) + i \sin(y)$

    A3: $\cos(y) - \sin(y)$

    A4: $\cos(y) - i \sin(y)$

    Q3: Let $\log$ be the principal value of the logarithm. What is $\log(i)$?

    A1: $0$

    A2: $\frac{\pi}{2}$

    A3: $i \frac{\pi}{2}$

    A4: $i \frac{3 \pi}{2}$

  • Last update: 2024-10

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